Answer Scheme

Quizmasters: Roger & Sam GreenhalghNational Rural Knowledge Exchange

Christmas IT Olympics 2007

Maximum Score: 30 / 30

Question 1

0xFF =

A. 1024

B. 0

C. 255 (in Hex)

D. None of these

Question 2

Douglas Adams's middle name was…

A. Neil

B. Noel

C. Allen

D. Douglas

Question 3

I would rather stand in the way of a high velocity…

A. SOAP Packet (it's just a set of digits)

B. EDO simm

C. Digital Micro Vax

D. Particle accelerator

SOAP = "Simple Object Access Protocol" packetEDO= "Extended Data Output" Simm

Question 4You can fit more porn in a…

A. Exabyte = 1018 bytes

B. bit

C. terabyte = 1012 bytes

D. yottabyte = 1024 bytes (= a trillion terabytes)Apparently the total data capacity of all computers globally in 2006 was estimated at 160 exabytes, and projected at 1,000 exabytes by 2010

Question 5Alan Turing once said…

A. "The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought"

B. "A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power."

C. "Machines take me by surprise with great frequency".

D. "Hey, you, get off my shroud"

Question 6

FREE BSD's Logo is…

A. a penguin

B. a demon (commonly known as "Chuck")

C. a gnu

D. a buck-toothed specky git

Question 7

True Xor True returns…XOR is "Exclusive OR", (i.e. either true, but not both)

A. True

B. False

C. Neither

D. A blue screen of death

Question 8

Tux can fly…?

A. True

B. False

(Tux is the Linux penguin emblem)

Question 9

"I don't know how to work this thing..."

A. RTFM Read the F***ing manual!

B. FTRM

C. MRTF

D. ROTFL

Question 10

An "Eprom" is…

A. American nerds having a "virtual" party

B. black and spiky - it's a chip

C. white and smooth

D. a figment of Stephen Spielberg's fertile imagination

Question 11

"Dilbert" is a creation of…

A. Matt Groening

B. Scott Adams

C. Gilbert Shelton

D. Robert Crumb

Question 12Who said… (in "2001 A Space Odessey")

"I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that…"? HAL9000

A

B

C

D

Marvin Holly

HAL 9000 Joshua

Question 13Who said… How about a nice game of Global Thermonuclear War? Joshua ( – in "Wargames")

A

B

C

D

Marvin Holly

HAL 9000 Joshua

Question 14Who's credited with inventing the World Wide Web ?

Tim Berners-Lee – hypertext and the first browser; & involved in development of TCP-IP

A

B

C

D

Isaac Asimov

Steve Jobs &Steve Wozniac

Trevor Baylis Tim Berners-Lee

Question 15Who's credited with the Three Laws of Robotics ?

Isaac Asimov – he wrote "I, Robot"

A

B

C

D

Isaac Asimov

Steve Jobs &Steve Wozniac

Trevor Baylis Tim Berners-Lee

Question 16Which is the odd one out ? It's not an Easter Egg!

A

B

C

D

Excel97 flight simulator

Windows Paint

Word 97 pinball

Question 17Which is the odd one out ? Not Ted Codd, (created by him)

A

B

C

D

Ted Codd

Relational databases

Cape Cod

Portions of Cod

Question 18

Which set is the Odd One Out ?Word meaning tallies with its printed style

A. script serif sans-serif

B. purple green red

C. bold italic italic underline underline

D.D. camel AllCaps camel AllCaps LOWERLOWER

Question 19

Spot the deliberate mistake…Not well-formed HTML – tags incorrectly nested

A. <tr><td>Hello from Roger &amp; Sam</tr></td>

B. Hello from Roger &amp; Sam<br />

C. <div>Hello <span>from Roger and Sam</span></div>

D. <div>Hello from Roger &amp; S<a name="m"/>am</div>

Question 20Spot the Odd One Out…

codes for generating a 'return'

A. \r\n

B. CRLF

C. ¶

D. &&

Question 21 daisywheel

What am I…?

A. Motherboard

B. RS232 connector

C. Printer head

D. Heat sink

Question 22 floppy disc hub underside

What am I…?

A. DIN socket

B. Floppy disc

C. Laser printer

D. Video card

Question 23Where am I…?

A. Number 1,Microsoft Way, Redmond

B. Google HQ, Palo Alto

C. IBM, Feltham

D. GCHQ, Cheltenham

Question 24Three of these items share their inventor's name. "Hollerith"

Which is the odd one out ? Burroughs Adding machine

A

B

C

D

Hollerith Tabulator

BurroughsAdding machine

Hollerith Card Hollerith machine

Question 25Which is the Odd One Out…?

Others are RS232 connector pins

A. DTR

B. RTS

C. RXD

D. RGB

Question 26Which is the odd website out ?

Radio Times is not a social networking site

A

B

C

D

Question 27Which is the Odd One Out…?

A. Bagaza (- it's the real West Nile virus!)

B. Bagle

C. Netsky

D. Nimda

Question 28

Which is the Odd Group Out…?

Real names (not code names) for non-existent substances

A. Chicago, Longhorn, Whistler(Windows release codenames)

B. Barbarossa, Overlord, Sealion(Military invasion codenames)

C. Trinity, Littleboy, Fatman(Atomic bomb codenames)

D. Adamantium, Homokaasu, Phlogiston

Question 29

Which is the correct order of magnitude…?

«-- Operationally good ----------- Totally defunct --»

A. OK, NDG, U/S, SNAFU, TARFU, FUBAR

B. OK, FUBAR, SNAFU, TARFU, U/S, NDG

C. OK, U/S, TARFU, NDG, FUBAR, SNAFU

D. OK, U/S, SNAFU, TARFU, FUBAR, NDG

Question 30Which is the odd group out…?

Each item has different number of letters in the verbal string. The others each have the same number in their verbal string.

A. 1, 4, Zebra, 12, 15

B. Ass, 1, 2, 6, 10 (3)

C. 3, 7, 8, Horse, 40 (5)

D. 11, 12, 20, 80, Donkey (6)

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